AEAS考试常见词汇整理(1)

发布时间:2016-07-02

随着中国教育国际化的发展,越来越多的家长希望能让孩子到国外学校更好地学习深造。AEAS 测试是目前应用较广的语言测试项目,是澳大利亚教育评估服务机构根据在校中学生的英语水平,为希望到澳大利亚就读中学的中国学生专门特设的综合考试项目。

以下是AEAS考试网做出的AEAS课程高频词汇整:
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state n. vt.
【例】For the century before Johnson’s Dictionary was published in 1775 there had been concern about the state of the English language.
statement n.
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special     adj.
Especially  adv.
specialization  n.
specialise v.
specialised      adj.
【例】In the 19th century, new, specialised, professional societies were instituted to promote and publish in the new disciplines.
specialist n.
speciality n.
specify    vt.
specific   adj.
【例】An early scientific journal fostered a new kind of writing based on short descriptions of specific experiments.
specifically     adv.
species    n.
【例】Extinct species are being replaced by new species.
3    
differ      vi.
【例】In both cases the critical day length differs from species to species.
difference       n.
different  adj.
【例】Different groups of researchers attacked different problems, from speech recognition to chess playing, in different ways.
differentiate    v.
4    
appropriate     adj.
inappropriate  adj.
5    
staff n.
6    
contradict       vt.
contradiction   n.
contrary  adj.
contrast   vt.
7    
claim      n. vt.
claimant  n.
reclaim    vt.
reclamation     n.
8    
similar    adj.
【例】Across Europe similar academies and societies arose, creating new national traditions of science.
similarly  adv.
similarity n.
assimilation    n.
9    
evidence  n.
【例】There is plenty of scientific evidence to support photoperiodism.
evident    adj.
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major      n.  adj.  vi.
【例】Grime (1966) suggests that light may be one of the major components directing these adaptations.
majority  n.